Extract data from PDF to Word using Excel VBA

Shodi

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Hi everyone, Wishing you all a belated very happy new year.

I am using the below code to extract data from PDF to Excel. I have only reached partway through the process - opening the PDF as word Doc.

I have the code to copy and paste the data in excel from the converted word doc but the problem I face is that the data from the PDF when converted to Word looks like what I have pasted below.

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Can anyone tell me why this is and how to get around this.
I am using MS Word 2010 and MS Excel 2010
Thanks in advance.


VBA Code:
Sub PDF_To_Word()

Dim sh As Worksheet
Set sh = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")

Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fo As Folder
Dim f As File
Dim wordApp As New Word.Application
Dim wordDoc As Word.Document
Dim PDF_path As String
Dim Word_path As String

PDF_path = sh.Range("F4").Value
Word_path = sh.Range("F5").Value

wordApp.Visible = True

Set fo = fso.GetFolder(PDF_path)

For Each f In fo.Files
    Set wordDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(f.Path)
        wordDoc.SaveAs2 (Word_path & "\" & Replace(f.Name, ".pdf", ".doc"))
        wordDoc.Close False
        

Next f


End Sub
 

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Hello there. Unfortunately, your code is not converting the pdf to a word document - what is happening is that you are telling word to open a file - it then does its best to understand what is in that file. You can't simply open a pdf in word and expect it tobe converted. You will need to open it as a pdf then try saving it as a word document. This solution from another site may help you: open a pdf with word vba in Excel
 
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